White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - President Trump Is Finally Ending Canada’s Free Ride FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Canada has been ripping off the United States for decades and President Donald J. Trump is done letting them get away with it. Last week, the U.S. offered Canada the most preferential market access of any country on Earth, with deep cuts on steel, aluminum, autos, lumber, and more. Instead of partnership, Canada chose unreasonable demands, walk-backs, and flat-out rejection. The record of Canadian abuse is clear and deliberate: • FACT: Canada is joined only by the People’s Republic of China in choosing retaliation over negotiation. Their continued discriminatory treatment of U.S. commerce has burdened American workers, farmers, and businesses. • FACT: Canada alone imposed discriminatory 25% tariffs and company-specific quotas on U.S. motor vehicles measures applied to no other country. As a result, U.S. vehicle exports to Canada crashed 22% over the last year. • FACT: Canada banned American wine, beer, and spirits in nearly every province and territory while other countries have faced no such restrictions. As a result, U.S. alcohol exports to Canada collapsed 81% in a single year. • FACT: Canada locks out U.S. dairy with tariff-rate quotas far more restrictive than those given to Europe, plus over-quota tariffs of nearly 300% rates so extreme they function as a near-total ban and rank among the highest agricultural tariffs in the developed world.